Sekirov Dictionary

let alone

conjunction 2
verb 2
forms 2

conjunction2

•
Much less; to say nothing of; used after one negative clause to introduce another, usually broader and more important clause, whose negation is implied by the negation of the first. However either of these instances mentioned can be applied with the use of let alone.
- He couldn't boil water, let alone prepare a dinner for eight.
•
(rare) Not to mention, as well as; used after one item, to introduce a further item which is entailed by the first.
- At the end of another ten years, let alone sixty, we are likely to see a very different pattern in the realm of British passenger locomotive power. — 1957

verb2

•
To leave alone, let be; to stop bothering.
- I wish he would let me alone so I could get some sleep.
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(informal, old-fashioned) To rely on (a person) to do something.
- Oh! let him alone for that. He's the boy that can get out of a scrape. — 1838

forms

letting alone · lets alone

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